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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455738703321

Autore

Maden Tony

Titolo

Treating violence [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to risk management in mental health / / Anthony Maden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-19-176966-5

1-283-58220-1

9786613894656

0-19-156689-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

616.8582

Soggetti

Mentally ill

Violence - Forecasting

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Why worry about violence risk assessment?; 2 Researching violence risk; 3 When things go wrong ... Homicide Inquiries in the United Kingdom; 4 Clinical assessment of violence risk; 5 Standardized or actuarial risk assessment; 6 Structured clinical assessment of violence risk: the thinking man's approach; 7 A new look at homicides by the mentally ill: applying structured risk assessment; 8 Conclusions: on good treatment and bad attitudes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Treating Violence deals with the problem of violence by mental health patients. Over the last twenty years violence by the mentally ill has grown from just a peripheral concern to dominate debate about services. Scientific studies have established beyond reasonable doubt that mental disorders lead to violence in a minority of sufferers, whilst a series of homicide inquiries brought the media spotlight to bear on the real and imagined failings of mental health services.Consequently, health services have had violence risk assessment thrust upon them by worried managers and politicians. Clinician